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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44883687 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652132 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 54843 HOTCHKISS 2130321 John F. 318 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company B, 533rd Engineers Gunshot Wound, Accidental discharge of revolver. 10/18/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/20/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 258  2480 Grave 152, Amer. Cty., Vittel, Vosges. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  2/4/1921 Cemetery 258  30215 In:  Grave 108, American Cemetery, Vittel, Vosges Emergency Address Mrs. Jennie Hotchkiss, (Mother), Seward, Nebr. Notified Emergency Address 12/12/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-25217   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/18/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/2/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/26/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #55 on 12/7/1921 Shipped on 12/16/1921 to Mrs. Jennie Hotchkiss, c/o Henry Brown, Und. Lincoln, Nebr. Received at Destination  on 12/21/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 5/8/1922

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